After the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the record for most Gold Medals in a single Winter Olympics won by a single nation is 14, held by Canada. Since Canada set this record at a Winter Olympics that they hosted, the most Gold Medals won during a single Winter Olympics by a host nation is also 14.
Canada won 14 gold medals - a new record for the number of gold medals ever won by a single country at any Winter Olympics!
Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin have both won 8 medals in a single Olympic game, the maximum.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps holds the current record, winning 14 gold medals in the combined games of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds the record for the most gold medals (8) won at a single Olympics.
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As for the Winter Olympics of 2010, the country that holds the record for getting the most medals at a single Winter Olympics is Canada, and the country that has a higher total number of medals won is the United States.
USA broke the record for Most medals won at a single Winter Olympics by a country, with a mark of 37 just inching past the 36 medals won by Germany in 2002.
The country that holds the Guinness Record for most medals won in a single Summer Olympics is The United States, with 239 medals, of which 78 were gold, 82 were silver and 79 were bronze.
Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
After the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, the record for most Gold Medals in a single Winter Olympics won by a single nation is 14, held by Canada. Since Canada set this record at a Winter Olympics that they hosted, the most Gold Medals won during a single Winter Olympics by a host nation is also 14.
Canada, with 14 golds in 2010.
Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin have both won 8 medals in a single Olympics.
Canada - 14 gold in 2010
The United States won a record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze.
37 medals overallThe US won a total of 37 medals, breaking the record for most medals won by any country at a single winter Olympic games.
Michael Phelps - Swimmer - 8 Gold medals Olympics 2008
Michael Phelps holds the record for most gold medals in a single Olympics. He won 8 at the 2008 Summer Olympics.